Dhani Jones Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Dhani Jones
I watch reality TV, but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've sort of been immersed in that culture in what's happening, unless you have been in that concentrated moment, you wont believe it unless you're there. And with 'Ton of Cash' we just hope that we captured all of the best moments. — Dhani Jones
There's four main pillars to the bow tie - self-representation, service, collaboration and critical thought. You have to understand how to represent yourself and critically understand how to collaborate and serve others. — Dhani Jones
I do like Peyton Manning. I mean, you can't lose with a guy like that - especially with the amount of touchdowns he's been able to produce. — Dhani Jones
When I'm in the Switzerland backcountry and nobody around looks like me, people were like, 'Can I touch your hair?' — Dhani Jones
I found out that changing the perception of myself and the NFL, and reestablishing the notion of being a gentleman was important to me. — Dhani Jones
Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves. — Dhani Jones
Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time. — Dhani Jones
I mean at the world as a checklist. Once you got to a place, you check them off and if you love the spot, you might check it off twice. You'll always find your way to go back to those places. — Dhani Jones
We all have an artistic side that we have to express if we want to live a life that feels whole. — Dhani Jones
There's nothing better than live music. It's raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul. — Dhani Jones
Every country I go to, I learn a little bit more about myself. — Dhani Jones
Travel around the world is amazing. New people. New-found family, really. — Dhani Jones
Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' is my ultimate karaoke song. It is a wonderful world. People forget we only have a certain amount of time, and it can all end at any moment. Armstrong and Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' are the ultimate one-two punch. — Dhani Jones
Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn't. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things. — Dhani Jones
What better way to get to know a culture than to go there and learn their sports? And I say to people who tell me they can't travel, 'How much did you spend at the mall this year? How many times did you eat out? Take that money and go.' — Dhani Jones
I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants. — Dhani Jones
When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are a little further back; your style is a little more dynamic. It's about the reestablishment of the gentleman. — Dhani Jones
I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life is. — Dhani Jones
I like a basic uniform for guys. Steve Jobs is my fashion icon, because he wears the same outfit every day. If you always wear the same thing, you make a statement. Then put a bow tie on and really stand out. — Dhani Jones
Turks and Caicos is one of my favorite places to go. I've been to some really cool places and it started out when I was young by wanting to go to different places. — Dhani Jones
My parents took me around the world when I was young, so I caught the bug. Every person is different when he travels, and every travellers' story is uniquely his own. — Dhani Jones
Pretty much any place that I haven't been is the next place I definitely I want to go. — Dhani Jones
With TV, it's the same way as preparing for the game of football. To get better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the first year you come in as a rookie and you're not gonna be as good as when you come in as a vet, and I applied that in the same way to 'Ton of Cash.' — Dhani Jones
The one thing that holds people back from working out together is that they don't want to smell around other people. Your olfactory sense is the primary sense in your memory, and you don't want to be part of anyone's memory thinking that you smell bad. — Dhani Jones
Human survival is something that you can't see in another person; you can see if someone has that will to survive or that will to win; you can't see that, you can only watch that evolve over time. — Dhani Jones
I will be the first black James Bond. — Dhani Jones
I like Louboutins, but some women think they can just put on Louboutins and they're stylish, and that's not the case. Someone can go into T.J. Maxx or Ross, pick out some clothes and own it. As long as you have that eye for creativity and know how to put it together, it's so much more interesting. — Dhani Jones
Without creation, what are we but stalled in life? — Dhani Jones
I want everybody to travel, to travel and not be afraid. — Dhani Jones
Ideas and thoughts and creativity is more of who I am than football. — Dhani Jones
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good. — Dhani Jones
When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. — Dhani Jones
The bow tie started off with one of my friends, Kunta Littlejohn. He said if you want to be anybody, you've got to rock the bow tie. I dismissed it at first, but later he told me he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, so I decided to wear the bow tie to support him. And as he got better, I came to learn the power of the bow tie. — Dhani Jones
I always have a positive reaction to Times Square - you've got so many people passing through here, so many cultures, and so many people merging into the central community of New York City. This is the hub of America. — Dhani Jones
I like to keep things classic, not lavish or blinged out. I don't even say that word. The last thing I want to be is over the top. — Dhani Jones
People look at you differently if you wear a bow tie, as opposed to a necktie. — Dhani Jones
Just because you wear a bow tie doesn't mean you're a nerd. — Dhani Jones
The most important thing regardless of my stats or anybody else's stats is the win-loss record. In the locker room people are always telling me, you're doing this and that. I don't really pay that much attention so long as we have a 'W' in that column; that's the kind of thing that makes me really happy. It blows all stats out of the water. — Dhani Jones